Improved sweat-cloth for saddles



" t To all whom it tizaytconcerjtfr 1 Be. itlmown that I, 'RIQHARD AnLIsoN, of the `c`t"y,`.county, and State ofjNeiv York, have ,invented a newand improved{Sweat-Band; and I- do hereby declare the folloniingtobe afull, clear, and exact deseription of the same.

- attestati Blondel) Antre oN-,eor NEW Y @antenne LemrsPanfNq.103,276, dated May 24, 1era tMPaovEn SWEAT-@0TH rPoR snnnnns.

i "The` `Schedulereferrevnto'in these Letters Patent `and making part of the same.

" This invention'relatesto,` the sweat-bands 4or sad- `dle cloths whiclrare usually placed between .the saddie and back of a horse, and consists in anin'iproved Qrnethodot'` making the sanie,",\rhereby a ventilated cloth'can helma-de `and vsold to the' public 'at a reducedprice. ,i L ,t 1, i

` In Figures `land `2 otLdrawing is represented a `saddle-cloth made upon my fmethochthe first bengin perspective, and the second in vt""ransverse section.

4Fgures and 4 exhibit the same views of 'amodication in form, which 'also exemplfiesr'my principle of manufacture.

The clothfrom lwhich my satldleeclotlis aremadefis "an article of commerce formed of felt, about forty f incheswide, thick; in thecenter, and decreasingin thickj toward the edges.I `This articleis doubled over on; a

straight transversaline, the Apattern laid on the doubf ledmaterial, andthe exterior shape of the sweat-band firstcut ont.` Isthen turn tothe central creaseA or fold, and, following theliue of the pattern, hollow .out

an ohlong'recess, commencing and terminating a short i `distance frotrih each end-of thefold, but-leaving a cen. "itral strip or transverse band uncut.` l then icut the' strip thusleft into two parts and bevel the upper side of one vand the` lowerside ofthe other', so asto' form, when drawntogethenan.even joint. t 4 t MoH- c By theslmple action of Adrawing together and lapping` over one another the beveled edges ot' this trans- 'verse band,the material is brought `into the desired shape'for a sweat-band. Thesegparts of the strip are thenfastened, 'and the article is completed. I In order toobtain `the desired shape heretoforc'the cloth was moistened, placed ou stretchingV machinery,

and then hung np-in a drying-room.' l

ldispense entirely with the drying-room, the machine` for stretching, andthe labor of moist-coing and manipulating the material. r

, By this method the labor and expense is so much lessened that l amenabled to offer to the public a more durable article at a considerably less price'.

.Having thus'described all that lis ecessaryto a full understanding of `my invention, `What I desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

`'ll'neimproved method above described of making saddle-cloths, which consists in cuttingan oblong siotfrom a doubled piece of material, leaving a transverse.

strip inv the middle, then cutting this strip into Vtwo parts, beveling them on their reverse sides, and overlapping these beveled parts so as to draw up the material in the middle andbring it into the desired shape for a sweat-band, all as set forth. The above specification' of my invention signed by me this 17th. day of January, 1870..

, RGHD. ALLISON.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE,

JAMES T. GRAHAM'. 

